#athletics

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#athletics #available #council #day #every

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#grew #i #keep #people #score

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports. ↗

— Joe Namath

#focused #i #outdoors #sports

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#after #am #athletics #believe #exhilaration

In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. ↗

— Kirsty Coventry

#because #body #endurance #go #handle

We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#great #great qualities #integrity #maintain #over

This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons. ↗

— Steve Mariucci

#before #big #died #different #different reasons

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place. ↗

— Criss Jami

#athletes #athletics #competition #confidence #improvement

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#athletics #been #cheat #cheating #human

Athletics is in my blood. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#blood